Astrocytes and microglial cells incorporate degenerating fibers following entorhinal lesion: A light, confocal, and electron microscopical study using a phagocytosis-dependent labeling technique

GLIA

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-154

  Bechmann, Ingo ^a   Nitsch, Robert ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bandeiraea simplicifolia; Fluorescence microscopy; GFAP; Mini Ruby; Neuroanatomical tracing

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DEXTRAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MINIRUBY; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CYTOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BIOTIN; DEXTRANS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0031172081     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199706)20:2<145::AID-GLIA6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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